As well as working with the other UK children's commissioners to champion the rights of young asylum seekers (YPN, 31 August-6 September, p2), Aynsley-Green will also focus on young people's place in society, youth justice, bullying, disability, vulnerable children and young people, minority groups, and health and wellbeing.
Aynsley-Green, who took up his role at the start of July, said he had not underestimated the size of the problems. "Each of these themes by itself is 10 years' work," he said. "We need to be working with others, the voluntary and the statutory sector, on how we can take forward this incredible range of issues."
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